How much do you fluctuate and still consider yourself "maintaining"?

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  • TimothyFish
    TimothyFish Posts: 4,925 Member
    My weight falls within a six pound range. If it gets five pounds above the midpoint I start counting calories. But I would still call that maintaining. If I get outside that range and I do nothing to correct it then I would say I'm not maintaining.
  • Running_and_Coffee
    Running_and_Coffee Posts: 811 Member
    RoxieDawn wrote: »
    Petite and older.. Fluctuations +/- 3 - 4 pounds.. If I go up for more than 7-8 days, something is off.

    I am still meticulously logging so not a problem.

    Thanks, I think I'm going to adopt this criteria. I like the idea of tracking over a 7-8 day span vs. day to day.
  • JeanCricket
    JeanCricket Posts: 176 Member
    edited May 2017
    My Goal Weight Range is 128-132. For past few months I've been weighing in between 130-134. Tho I in my mind I think of myself in maintenance, I acknowledge that I need to lose those pounds and have lowered my daily calories to compensate and try to get back into range.

    Daily Calories vary. For instance, when I was weighing in 133-134, I lowered calories to weight loss of 1 pound a week which meant 1210 calories. It worked and got me back in range of around 129-131.

    Creeping up again so cut just back from 1600 maintenance to 1450 for .5 pound weight loss per week...

    PS I'm 5'7" and currently lightly active.


  • sofchak
    sofchak Posts: 862 Member
    My maintenance weight is 117 - allow fluctuation up to 122 and down to 112. I jumped to my highest weight in April after 6 months of maintenance - 123lbs the day after I ran my first marathon. Figured cortisol (stress - my resting heart rate was up to 72 when it's normally around 55), inflammation, carb loading and a routine, high calorie eating schedule during my taper all contributed. Took about a month, but I am finally back to 120... 117 is just around the corner!
  • jaymie_x0
    jaymie_x0 Posts: 265 Member
    I'm 6ft 148-151. Depends how big of a *kitten* I've taken that morning
  • xelsoo
    xelsoo Posts: 194 Member
    I'd say about a 6-7lb range. I'm fairly tall and +2lb-variations are normal within a day for me, or depending on the time of the month even more
  • dutchandkiwi
    dutchandkiwi Posts: 1,389 Member
    I have a 3 Kg range around my goal weight (one down, two up) - Weigh monthly I am not in maintenance officially yet as I have not achieved my goal weight yet, but I have been within my upper weight range for the last two months
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,615 Member
    As long as I remain within my normal BMI range. :)
  • Tabbycat00
    Tabbycat00 Posts: 146 Member
    I'm very petite, under 100lbs, I give myself 3 pounds on the up side for water, lady issues, etc. but only one pound in the other direction.
  • rainbowbow
    rainbowbow Posts: 7,490 Member
    About 5-7 pounds. Sometimes i'll allow myself up to 10 if i'm purposely training.
  • MoiAussi93
    MoiAussi93 Posts: 1,948 Member
    edited May 2017
    10 pounds. This range makes no difference at all in how my clothes fit. At the higher end, my face starts to look a little fuller, so I would realize it's time to cut back even if I didn't weigh myself.

    I'm 5'10" though...you don't see a few pounds one way or the other on me.
  • Tweaking_Time
    Tweaking_Time Posts: 733 Member
    2-3 pounds for normal stuff...more if I eat a ton of salty stuff
  • sarahlifts
    sarahlifts Posts: 610 Member
    5 lb range 135-140 thetop end of that range bothers me do I'm cutting to 132 and maintaining a 5 lb range from there. 137 is just fine with me
  • HealthyBodySickMind
    HealthyBodySickMind Posts: 1,207 Member
    Looks like post pregnancy maintenance for me is both a bit higher overall, and a slightly wider range, but looks like about a five pound window, between 115 and 120.

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  • Spencerport
    Spencerport Posts: 270 Member
    I go with a +/- 5lb range. Seems to work really well for me.
  • lporter229
    lporter229 Posts: 4,907 Member
    RoxieDawn wrote: »
    Petite and older.. Fluctuations +/- 3 - 4 pounds.. If I go up for more than 7-8 days, something is off.

    I am still meticulously logging so not a problem.

    Ditto. Except for the "meticulously" part!
  • lporter229
    lporter229 Posts: 4,907 Member
    @HealthyBodySickMind -Your graph is impressive. Nice job managing the pregnancy weight.
  • spartanhollis
    spartanhollis Posts: 17 Member
    storyjorie wrote: »
    RoxieDawn wrote: »
    Petite and older.. Fluctuations +/- 3 - 4 pounds.. If I go up for more than 7-8 days, something is off.

    I am still meticulously logging so not a problem.

    Thanks, I think I'm going to adopt this criteria. I like the idea of tracking over a 7-8 day span vs. day to day.

    I shudder sometimes when I see my weight go up and I know I didn't overeat AND i worked out like a crazy fool the day before my weigh-in. *sigh* sometimes it's so frustrating.... but taking an average over a week is a good idea. That way you can account for water retention (if there is such a thing), your period, and any other thing that may be affecting your weight.
  • Rusty740
    Rusty740 Posts: 749 Member
    I can pretty much tell within a few days what the week is going to look like, but I'd say at net change of around 2% body weight (for me that's about 3 lbs) change over the 3 days will tell me if I'm on track that week.
  • RuNaRoUnDaFiEld
    RuNaRoUnDaFiEld Posts: 5,864 Member
    10 weight range. Smaller end of it during back end of spring and summer. Then I add a few lbs over Autumn as I feel the cold terrible over winter.
  • nowine4me
    nowine4me Posts: 3,985 Member
    I have a 5# range, but I've never actually hit the low end :)
  • Christine_72
    Christine_72 Posts: 16,049 Member
    nowine4me wrote: »
    I have a 5# range, but I've never actually hit the low end :)

    Haha why do most us hit the high end, but very rarely the low end :huh:
  • trymary
    trymary Posts: 6 Member
    The app suggested a calorie amount per day. I upped it by 300 calories & lost 30 lbs over a year. During & since the holidays, I've pretty much been going over at least 300 calories everyday! I haven't weighed in in a couple months because I don't have a scale at home. But I'm still fitting comfortably in my newer clothes. I think I'm maintaining a weight that I'm happy with, even though I've been over.
    I have to say, MFP works for me. The drawback is, I have a poor memory & if I don't log my food right away, I'll forget. So as a result, I'm constantly on my phone & people are noticing. My boss, I'm sure, assumes I'm on Facebook. I always tell him I'm logging my foods. My family thinks I shouldn't be on the phone at the dinner table. They're right. But I can't enjoy my dinner unless I know I don't have to worry about logging it!
    It's hard to set an example with the phone in front of my teenagers!
    Point is, if we enter it, were disciplined and can maintain. Just wish everyone around me understood that.
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